Clothes rack



H. PINTEL CLOTHES RACK April 1, 1930.

Filed Dec. 14, 1928 Patented Apr.. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES HERMAN PINTEL,F ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY PATENT OFFICE i CLOTHES RACK Application filedDecember 14, 1928. Serial No. 325,970.

sists of a frame having clothes supporting means associated therewith,and being equipped with means to employ said frame to be secured to theoutside of a window frame in order that the rack may be swung into thebuilding when the sash is raised to facilitate the attachment of theclothes thereto. After the attachment of the clothes, the frame may bereadily swung to the outside of the building to permit the drying of theclothes in the atmosphere. Furthermore, after the device 7 has beenswung outward, the sashes may be raised or lowered at will, without inany manner interfering with the device. I.

7 An essential object of this invention is to provide such a clothesrack that may be manufactured and marketed at low cost, and that is welladapted for use in the drying of garments and the like by residents ofapartment houses.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as the nature of theinvention'will be better understood from the following specification inconjunction with the accompanying drawing, and wherein like referencecharacters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical section through a window frame withwhich my device is associated, the full'line illustration of the rackdisclosing the device swung outward-,

1y of the building, and the dotted line illustration when swung inwardlyof the building to enable the articles to be attached to, or removedtherefrom, and

Figure '2'is a fragmentary horizontal section through one side of thewindow frame looking downwardly'upon the rack, which is shown partiallyin cross section.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, there is disclosed anordinary type of window frame A, withinwhich are movable the usualsashes B. My rack consists of a pair of end bars 55 of any suitablematerial, and of any desired dimensions; Adjacent opposite ends of thesebars 55, I the same are formed with registering threaded openings 6, thethreads of one bar extending in a reverse direction to those of theother bar. 'These end bars are detachably interconnected by side bars7-7 revers'ely threaded at their opposite ends for threaded engagementwithin the openings of the end bars '55 and obviously, when the bars 7-7a'returned in one direction the end bars 55 will be drawn inwardly, andvice versa; Threaded. through openings in the bars 5-5 is; a singlelength ofcord or rope fto producespaced parallelhorizontal runs 8, towhich the clothes may be conveniently pinned as 'illus- Z370 trated bythe full and dottedlinesin Figure 1. The rack further'consistsof anelongated supporting bar 9, threaded adjacent itsouter end for threadedengagementiwithin a central opening 1 0-of the outermost end bar 5. Theopposite bar. 5 is formed centrally with a 'wide unthreadedopening toenablethe bar 9 to move freely'ltherethrough. The end of the bar 9beyond'the threads 10 is of reduced diameter, so that it may be arrangedthrough Z39 'the'said threaded-opening 10 of the outermost bar 5 andprovidea handle 11. The opposite end of thisbar 9'is threaded andisadapted for engagement within a threaded socket 12 associated with oneleaf of a relatively elongated hinge 13, theother leaf adapted for.rigid association with one side ofthe window frame A, exteriorly of the,building'as disclosed.

Obviously, the bar 9 may be simultaneously threaded into the frame bar5, and into said socket 12 by turning the handle end 11 of said bar.Furthermore, when it is desired to apply or remove the clothes, the sashis raised, and the rack then swung inwardly of the building as per thedotted lines in Figure 1. When the clothes are to be dried, the deviceis swung outside of the building as disclosed by the full lines in thesame figure. The sash F may then be closed to prevent a draft in theroom.

Furthermore, when the device is not being used, it may be quicklydetached from the Window and knocked down, after which it may be placedin suitable storage, and without requiring much space.

When in use any slack which may occur in the runs 8, due to stretchingof the cord, as often occurs when new cord or rope is being used, may betaken up hy rotating the bar 7 in a manner to spread the end pieces 5apart. It is to be understood that the end pieces 5 do not have to beremoved from the bar 9 when the device is taken down, as it is onlynecessary to release the :end of the strand 8 and remove the bar '7,after which the innermost end piece 5 may slide toward the other endpiece with the strands 8 threaded therethrough as will be apparent.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

a In a clothes rack of the class described, a .fmrne consisting oat apair of end bars having unthreaded alined base openings and furtherhaving :adjacent their ends threaded openings, the threads of one barextending in, reverse direction to those of the other'bar, a pair ofside bars inversely threaded at their opposite ends and adapted forsimultaneous threaded engagement within the openings of said end bars,and means associated with said atrame to facilitate the attachment ofclothes thereto, comprising a flexible strand having its opposite endsanchored to the frame and its intermediate portion passed through theunthreadedopen-ing and extending back and forth between the bars, saidside bars constituting the means for tightening the (strand, and anelongated supporting bar slidably-extending through one of the end barsand threaded through theother end bar and terinitiating at one end in areduced handle forming portion and having means at its opposite end forhingedly mounting same on a support. HERMAN PINTEL.

